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administration

[ad-min-uh-stray-shuhn] / ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
period during which a particular human group is in power
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"We will carry out development across all parts of Tigray. Until a regular administration is established through elections, our people should preserve their unity and institutions," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Mellon served through Harding’s administration, then continued in the post under Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, making Mellon the only person to lead the Treasury during three different administrations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

On Thursday, Becerra held a news conference in downtown Los Angeles with Latino leaders and famed Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez urging voters to turn out despite alleged intimidation efforts by the Trump administration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Someone may distrust the industrial food system while enthusiastically supporting an administration promising to reform it.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Hayes dreaded an administration led by those two.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Mellon served through Harding’s administration, then continued in the post under Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, making Mellon the only person to lead the Treasury during three different administrations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

That tendency culminated in the now-legendary 2025 National Security Strategy, a document that offers most presidential administrations a chance to deliver boilerplate language about shared values, human rights and democracy.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Rubio said the US has "confidence in the security of all our bases" and said the administrations was working "very closely" with UK authorities, who "couldn't be more cooperative".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“GBI’s standards remain staunchly nonpartisan through six presidential administrations, with a mission of supporting public lands management and the agencies charged with that mission,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The central question is mobility, said Bruce R. Bartlett, an advocate of lower taxes who served in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times


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